According to our belief, Japan was founded by the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Omikami, who is revered by the entire nation for her all-pervading virtue, and from whom our Imperial House is descended.

If we have a thousand bamboo spears, there's nothing to worry about a war with the Soviet Union.

Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army.

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.

Now the opportunity to destroy the USSR has arrived.

A war minister is able to force the adoption of any measure desired by the Camp or to block any measure that meets his disapproval.

I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible.

Unless you remove the weeds, a good crop will be ruined.

It is now time for our nation to frustrate the wild dreams of the whites.

The foundations of our Empire are now based more firmly than ever! The birth of a Crown Prince shows that the prosperity of the Imperial Household is increasing many times.

Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly.

I hate witches. Humans had the right idea, burning them at the stake.

Transparency means to dedicate our thoughts and efforts to non privacy rules and not to defend negative intelligence ideas or surveillance programs.

Now, then, that is the tale. Some of it is true.

Priorities need to change at different stages of our life if we want to grow and evolve.

The father of every good work is discontent and its mother is diligence.

I am very, very happy for Alice Walker.

Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

Despite all the progress of civilization, women have remained exactly as they emerged from the hand of Nature.

One should not seek those who do not wish to be found.

I respect someone's right to privacy and I want them to know it.